Director of Studies Report – Academic Assembly 2020

by Director of Studies, Mrs Julia Petrov

Last week, at our annual Academic Assembly, we recognised the academic excellence of our high achieving VCE and VET students. We also acknowledged students whose aggregated performance in all Semester Two assessment tasks placed them in the top 15% of their year level with a Chris Nolan Award.

The College Dux is presented to the Year 12 student who attains the highest ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) for his year. With an ATAR score of 99.9, the College proudly recognised Matthew Duffy as the 2019 College Dux.

In Year 11, Matthew achieved a study score of 48 in Mathematical Methods and a study score of 50 in Visual Communication Design. He was also awarded a Premier’s Award for this subject. In 2019, he attained scaled scores of: 49.46 in English Language; 45.13, in Physics; 53.04, in Specialist Mathematics and 45.13, in Japanese (Second Language).

Late last year Matthew was also awarded with a Chris Nolan Distinction Award as he received a Chris Nolan Award at the end of every semester of his six years at St Patrick’s.

We also celebrated the academic accomplishments of our brightest boys by presenting the VCE Achievement of Excellence Awards to those who achieved an ATAR of 90 and above:

Sean Antrobus ATAR of 91.3

Jack Cameron ATAR of 90.9

Matthew Catterson ATAR of 94.95

Matthew Duffy ATAR of 99.9

Hugo Ferguson ATAR of 93.55

Broden Haintz ATAR of 90.35

Aidan Hanrahan ATAR of 99.7

Thomas Miller-Schmetzer ATAR of 90.3

Jacob Pawlowicz ATAR of 94.75

Jobe Quick ATAR of 96.1

Jack Tillig ATAR of 90.15

William Walker ATAR of 94.95

The VCE Academic Prize, or subject Dux, is presented to the boy with the highest study score of 40 and above for each VCE and VETiS Units 3/4 offered in any year. For 2019, prizes were awarded to following students:

Matthew Duffy

Japanese (Second Language)                  Study Score of 40    Scaled to 46.3

Physics                                                         Study Score of 43    Scaled to 45.13

Specialist Mathematics                               Study Score of 44    Scaled to 53.04

Owen Ellerton                                                        

Further Mathematics (shared)                   Study Score of 45           

Hugo Ferguson

Computing: Informatics                               Study Score of 41

Fraser Gibson

Visual Communication Design                  Study Score of 40

Broden Haintz

Legal Studies                                              Study Score of 42

Aidan Hanrahan

Chemistry                                                     Study Score of 43    Scaled to 46.5

Mathematical Methods                                Study Score of 40    Scaled to 45

English Language                                       Study Score of 50

Ethan Henderson

Further Mathematics (shared)                   Study Score of 45

Anthony Lloyd

Business Management                              Study Score of 41

Luke Matthews

Product Design and Technology              Study Score of 42

Patrick Rea

Sport and Recreation (VCE VET)             Study Score of 41

Mitchell Scobie

Engineering Studies (VCE VET)               Study Score of 44

William Walker

Biology                                                           Study Score of 42    Scaled to 42.91

Psychology                                                    Study Score of 40

 

The VCE (Baccalaureate) was introduced to support the State Government’s objectives to encourage more students to include languages and higher level mathematics in their senior secondary program of study.

To be eligible for the VCE (Baccalaureate) a student had to achieve a study score of 30 and above in their chosen study of English, satisfactorily complete a Units 3/4 sequence in either Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics and satisfactorily complete a Units 3/4 sequence in a VCE Language (Japanese here at St Patrick’s).

In 2019, the Victorian Certificate of Education (Baccalaureate) was awarded to Matthew Duffy and Hugo Ferguson.

The Senior Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning Award. It recognises the Senior VCAL student who demonstrated an outstanding level of dedication and application towards attaining the Senior VCAL Certificate. Through completion of their certificate they were involved in organising and supporting community activities, demonstrating leadership to other students within the program and a high level of commitment to their vocational certificate and work placement. The 2019 Senior Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning Award was awarded to Tyson Strachan.

2017 Semester Two Chris Nolan Awards.

The assembly continued with the presentation of the 2019 Semester Two Chris Nolan Awards. The Chris Nolan Awards were established in 2008 to acknowledge the academic excellence of individual students. To receive a Chris Nolan Award, a boy must be in the top 15% of his year level. The 15% is determined by the aggregation of all semester results (including exams and all reported assessment items).

Chris graduated from St Patrick’s College in 1985 as College Captain. He completed his Law Degree at Monash University and went on to practice law in Vietnam. Chris was highly respected by all for his commitment and enthusiasm to all aspects of College life and demonstrated his intelligence and ingenuity shortly after leaving St Patrick’s as one of the co-founders of the highly acclaimed Meredith Music Festival. After several years in Vietnam, Chris tragically acquired severe brain injuries from a viral infection leading to total organ failure. Chris is profoundly disabled physically and in his communication systems. With the strong and unconditional support of his family and friends, Chris has continued to fight against these disabilities and has developed various means of communication and is now the face for those developing awareness of and the fight for young people requiring care in nursing homes.

As a student at the College, Chris regularly achieved strong academic results and in his final year he was awarded:

– the Headmaster’s Award for Leadership

– the History Prize

– the Sir Hugh Devine Prize for Impromptu Speech

– a W.T. Doyle Prize for Debating

– the 1st XI Cricket Bowling Award

In his time at St Patrick’s, Chris clearly exemplified the pursuit of excellence across a range of our important educational programmes and activities.

In addition to the Semester Two Chris Nolan Awards, boys who received a Chris Nolan award in both Semester One and Two in 2019 were presented with a Principal’s Academic Excellence Certificate to acknowledge their sustained academic excellence throughout the year. These students are marked with an asterisk (*) on the following list.

2019 Year 7:

Nedd	Bennett	*
Paddy	Bennett
Jack	Bennetts
Tim	Buckland	*
Hamish	Carey	*
Sam	Duggan
Archie	Eichler	*
Joseph	Elliott	*
Oskar	Folkes	*
Gabriel	Freeman	*
Brodie	Graham	*
Josh	Gray	*
Oscar	Greenshields	*
John	Hansen	*
Sam	Hansen	*
Lachlan	Hodge	*
Zach	Koleski	*
Paterson	Meneely
Sam	Miller	*
Liam	Morrison	*
Tristan	Nijhof	*
Ben	Nixon	*
James	Parkinson
Toby	Pearse	*
Lachie	Pritchard	*
Jacob	Rae	*
Brodie	Reardon	*
Charlie	Richardson	*
Angus	Rothe	*
Zane	Rutherford	*
Jonathan	Stephens	*
Jack	Sutherland	*
Koban	Todd
Rex	Van Berkel
Jack	Williamson	*
Eric	Yang	*

2019 Year 8:

Mike	Bleicher	*
Tom	Bosworth	*
Lachie	Brodie	*
Fletcher	Byvoet
Max	Byvoet	*
Mitchell	Collins	*
Lachlan	Cooper	*
Rohan	Cosgriff
Riley	Cudby	*
Noah	Cudia	*
Alex	Fademi
Campbell	Gladman	*
Kobe	Heafield
Damian	Irvin	*
Patrick	Johnson	*
Patrick	Kelly	*
William	Lalor	*
Jordan	Makin	*
Matthew	Michalik
Luke	Mihaljevic	*
Ted	O’Brien	*
Matthew	O’Brien	*
Angus	O’Keefe	*
Lachlan	O’Keefe
Tom	O’Loughlin	*
Hudson	Palmer	*
Guy	Ripley	*
Lochlan	Rowe	*
Jason	Sharma	*
James	Shaw	*
Dan	Stute	*
Oscar	Watkins	*
Finn	Watson	*
Sean	Weigall	*

2019 Year 9

Tony	Begbie	*
Charlie	Bissinella	*
Will	Burzacott
Jesse	Cairns	*
Harrison	Carlyon	*
Harry	Chapman	*
Edward	Charles
Toby	Clack	*
James	Clark	*
Max	Cosgriff
Zenon	Czulij	*
Tom	Elliott	*
Ben	Gibcus	*
Alex	Hamilton	*
Adam	Jirik	*
Nyjo	John	*
Lachlan	Jolly	*
Matthew	Jones	*
Benji	Laursen	*
Youhanna	Mani	*
Oliver	Marshall
Jesse	Mattson	*
Bailey	McQuie	*
Alex	Molan	*
Andrew	Monaghan	*
Ben	Mornane	*
Jasper	Nijhof	*
Alister	Nixon	*
Mitch	Pearse
Patrick	Porter	*
Nic	Procaccino	*
Tristan	Puddy	*
Daniel	Rodger	*
Noah	Ryan	*
Callan	Shillington
Bryn	Thompson	*
Leo	Turnbull-Gent	*
Jarrod	White	*

2019 Year 10:

Zack	Andrews
Christian	Bourke
Duncan	Brodie
Sam	Butler
Patrick	Cocks	*
Daniel	Collier	*
Thomas	Collins	*
Connor	Gaffney	*
Harry	Graham	*
Lewis	Grigg	*
Alex	Guevara	*
James	Harrington	*
Declan	Hart	*
Spence	Jenks
Will	Johnson
Zac	Kilburn	*
Daniel	Lalor	*
Jackson	Leech	*
Jack	McKenny	*
Hugh	McKenzie
Sean	McMahon
Ben	Nash	*
Hugh	Ollerenshaw	*
Daunte	Osman	*
Tyler	Owins
Alexander	Pituch	*
Joshua	Quinlan
Adam	Severino	*
Jack	Sheehan	*
Jeremy	Spedding	*
Sam	Tilley	*
Kade	Towk	*
Henry	von Burg
Ethan	Wastell	*
Darcy	Williams	*

2019 Year 11:

Matthew	Butterworth	*
Chad	Cartledge	*
Darcy	Cosgriff	*
James	Crebbin	*
Jonathan	Debono	*
Nathan	Delvescovo	*
Joe	Freeman	*
Riley	Graham
Ethan	Henderson	*
Nigel	Koot	*
Finn	Lappin	*
Jordan	Lauton	*
Jake	Leahy	*
Anthony	Lloyd	*
Darcy	Macklin	*
Jack	Martin	*
Isaac	Miller-Govan
Rhys	Mirtschin
Kai	O’Keeffe	*
Max	Olver	*
Owen	Pearse
Patrick	Rea	*
Henry	Ross	*
Will	Rothe
Ben	Stevens	*
Max	Waller	*